Artists - David Lynch

David Lynch

David Lynch is an American filmmaker and director who had made several short films before making his first major film being “EraserHead”, Lynch is most well-known for his surreal visuals for example the ‘Black Lodge’ scenes in ‘Twin Peaks’.

Lynch has gained the reputation as one of the foremost auteurs in film due to his unique films and style.

In 1987 Lynch presented the ‘BBC Arena documentary in cinematic’ surrealism after the release of his film “Blue Velvet” in which he shows off a range of surrealist films from famous artists such as ‘Man Ray’. Most of which feature strange visuals such as in 'The Girl with the Pre-Fabricated Heart' which is about mannequins who are sometimes dismantled and other times dancing, with this film Lynch connects the film to music videos, due to the videos being made after the music to fit with the lyrics rather than making a song and lyrics to try and fit with a video.

The films that are shown all feature for their time new editing techniques such as stop motion, layering footage onto of each other, fades, rotation and reversing footage pioneered by the film ‘Man with a Movie Camera’.

Lynch’s work inspires my project due to the characters in his films and the bizarre events that happen to them and their surroundings, having a narrative play out in some of my images is something that I want to experiment with, I will attempt this by having a re-occurring character show up in different pieces of my project. Another aspect of Lynch’s work that inspires my project is the editing of his films and tv series which at times can give the scene another worldly feel, with the ‘Black Lodge’ scenes of Twin Peaks being an example such as the characters speaking backwards which is then reversed giving their voices an alien characteristic.